is a
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
female singer-songwriter.
Background
Sumioka was born in
Noboribetsu
is a Cities of Japan, city in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Part of Shikotsu-Toya National Park, it is southwest of Sapporo, west of Tomakomai and northeast of Hakodate.
As of September 2016, the city has an estimated population of 49, ...
city in the
Hokkaido
is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō fr ...
prefecture.
Just before graduating from high school, her juniors invited her to join a band as their vocalist. Since then she started composing songs with her father's acoustic guitar and writing lyrics herself.
During her university years, she was very active in her school's music club. She even became the head of the music club in her third year. She graduated from the Faculty of Environmental System Sciences of
Rakuno Gakuen University
is a private university in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, established in 1960. Its name, , refers to the university's predecessor, a public-school teaching dairy farming founded in 1933. Its specializations remain agriculture and veterinary medicine
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in March 2012.
Career
When Sumioka was playing her first live performance at a live house in 2009, she was scouted by some staff from Sony Music.
She debuted with the single "feel you" on June 20, 2012 under the Ki/oon music label.
She joined
Fuji Television
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...
's reality show ''
Terrace House: Boys × Girls Next Door'' as a regular cast member from July 12, 2013 to January 27, 2014, which greatly increased her popularity.
Discography
Singles
* ''Nagareboshi'' (2009) - pre-debut, indies era
* ''feel you'' (June 20, 2012)
* ''Harenohi'' (January 30, 2013)
* ''Hello Yellow! / Nagareboshi'' (October 23, 2013)
* ''Kotoba ni Shitainda'' (February 26, 2014)
* ''flavor'' (May 28, 2014)
* ''My Friend / Bokura no Ayumu Michi'' (September 17, 2014)
* ''Large & Small GIFT'' (February 11, 2015)
Albums
* ''Tsumugi Uta'' (November 27, 2013)
* ''watchword'' (November 12, 2014)
* ''Moment'' (April 27, 2016) - Mini Album
* ''Kokoro ga Kimi wo Utatteru'' (December 7, 2016)
* ''colors'' (August 23, 2017) - Double Mini Album
Filmography
Film
References
External links
*
Sony Music Artist Page
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1990 births
Living people
Singers from Hokkaido
Anime musicians
Japanese women pop singers
Japanese women singer-songwriters
Ki/oon Music artists
21st-century Japanese women singers
21st-century Japanese singer-songwriters